Towing means



H. D. SEGER TowNG MEANS Feb.- 17, 1931.

Filed Feb. 2O

Patented F ebf, 17, 1931 PATENT OFFICE HERBERT D. SEQER, F LONDRA, PENNSYLVANIA 'rowINe MEANS Application ma February 2o, lsao. fst-.m1 no. 430,033.

This inventionrelates to a towingmeans' particularly for use where one-automobile 1s used to tow a disabled one.

It is aimed to provide anovel construction of hook, means connecting them together and means whereby the same may be connected one to a draft vehicle and the other to the trailing vehicle. Y

Another object is to provide a novel con lo struction of hookjused in'connectin therewith.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration oi the description following. taken in connection operative embodiment.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a view illustrating the invenn tion as attached .to a spring of adraft vehicle 0 and `to the axle of a trailing vehicle,-

` Figure 2 is a plan view of one of the hooks andits attaching cable,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the parts of Figure 2, partly brokenaway to disclose details, and A A Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line L4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring specifically to the drawings, and

first to the devices of Figures 2 and. 3, the- 30 same comprises a hook block 'lO having an attaching eye at 11, a hook at 12, whose opening is shown at 13, and also having an eye at 14. An endless'exible Acable or slmilar element, providing a flexible ring 15, is roved t5 in the eye'lif'and is adapted for attachment to and detachment --rom the hoJok 12,'a portion thereof occupying the opening 13 to ,pro-

To secure the cable 15 in the opening 13 against danger of accidental detachment, a"

guardl rod 16 is employed which is transversely slidably mounted-bythe hook Suchrod 16 has a laeadil? ,which limits its retraction andv which isi-,received within a re Acess'lS of .the hook.v To facilitateopertion of the' guard rod 16, it has an arm19 fiastened thereto and'located on the outside off.'

,the hook. Such arm is adapted to. be secured r in slot-closing position by engagement with a resilient clasp 2O screwed or otherwise lasresilient metal 'and that the -into and out of-the'clasp.

. ,othtvfth't'li with accompanying drawings illustrating an. E? er par s o e ral ng 01 dlsabled Ve space when not in use. v

to form a loop, '.close the entrance to said hook, an arm on tened-as at 21 to the hook 12, it being underl stood that the clasp is of U-shape and of arm 19 moves In use, usually two of thel devices shown 1n' Figures 2 and 3 are used and they are con- --nectedby-a cable 22 which is -fastened in the eyesll of the respective hook vblocks 10.

, W ith reference to Figure 1, one of the bolster springs of the drawing` vehicle is shown at 23 and thecable 15 ofthe adjacent device is fastened thereto. The cable 15-,of the other device is secured around the front axle 24,

101e. l The device'is adapted to be readily folded into compact form and 4occupies minimum Various changes may beresorted to pro-v vlded they fall. within the spirit'and scope of the invention.

I claim as 'my invention z-l 1. -A device of the class described comprising a block having a hook, a cable attached. to theblock and engageable with' the hook and a guard rod adapted' to said guard rod, and meansto securethe arm against retraction. so

2. A device of the class described comprising a block having av hook, cable 'attached to theblock and engageable with the hook to form a loop, a guard rod adaptedtoclose the entrance -to said hook. an arm on'said guard S5' rod, means to secure the arml against Yretractioncomprising a resilient'. clasp located on vide adouble loop as shown in the drawings. fthe Outer Side of thehook' i I 

